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Housing backlog forcing shift to new building tech, requires private funding – Ramaphosa SuperUser Account / Tuesday, February 3, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa can no longer afford to address its remaining housing backlog using traditional construction methods and must move urgently towards innovative building technologies (IBTs), supported by private-sector finance, to deliver millions of homes at a lower cost. “We are the only country that I know . . . even on the African continent, that builds houses and hands them over to [the] people of [the] country,” Ramaphosa said at the IBT Summit, at the Nasrec Expo Centre, in Johannesburg, on February 3, adding that government has delivered taxpayer-funded homes to about five-million households over the past 30 years. Read more
Rand Water overstretching assets to meet high demand SuperUser Account / Tuesday, February 3, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating Water utility Rand Water on Tuesday raised concern over persistent high water demand. The utility said in a statement that it is overstretching its assets to accommodate the high consumption, which is also slowing down the recovery process after an outage. Read more
Mpact's Springs Mill set to close amid rand strength, global cartonboard oversupply SuperUser Account / Tuesday, February 3, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating JSE-listed Mpact plans to halt operations at its Springs Mill – the only producer of cartonboard in South Africa – once all open orders have been completed towards the end of March. The company cites a sustained deterioration in the mill's competitiveness as the reason for the planned closure of the mill, which employs 377 people and has a production capacity of about 137 000 t/y of white-lined coated cartonboard, laminated board and boards for industrial applications, primarily using recycled fibre sourced from Mpact Recycling. Read more
Ramaphosa says record number of tourists a vote of confidence in South African brand SuperUser Account / Monday, February 2, 2026 0 6 Article rating: No rating The record number of tourists in South Africa in 2025 is a vote of confidence in South Africa’s brand appeal, said President Cyril Ramaphosa, as he revealed that government was increasing collaboration with stakeholders to strengthen the industry. South Africa saw the record-breaking arrival of 10.5-million tourists between January and December last year, the highest ever recorded in the country. Ramaphosa said this was also a vote of confidence in South African tourism, a sector he said had potential for further growth. Ramaphosa said this was also a vote of confidence in South African tourism, a sector he said had potential for further growth. Read more
Nersa clarifies regulatory requirements for small-scale embedded generation registrations SuperUser Account / Monday, February 2, 2026 0 6 Article rating: No rating The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has noted public commentary following an article published by the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) on January 27 regarding the registration of residential solar and other small-scale embedded generation (SSEG) installations. As previously reported in Engineering News on January 27, Outa described the recent “threats” by State-owned Eskom and certain municipalities to fine or disconnect the electricity supply of users for failing to register their SSEG systems as impractical, irrational and unfair. Read more